Cancer Fight

Dr. Jones is joined by Michelle Stravitz, breast cancer survivor and co-founder of 2Unstoppable--a fitness program committed to promoting physical and emotional wellness to women with a cancer diagnosis. Learn from Michelle how the benefits of movement, staying active, & an exercise buddy impacted her during her cancer journey and beyond.

Resources: www.2unstoppable.org

Dr. Jones sits down with 3-time cancer survivor and Lynch patient, Dave Durbin, the founder of AliveandKickn, an organization for Lynch syndrome patients and their loved ones. Join them as they talk about genetic testing, advocacy, & how to cope when cancer runs in your family.

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https://www.aliveandkickn.org/ 

David Richman’s life was changed when he got the phone call that his sister had terminal brain cancer. David shares how this wake-up call led him to embark on a solo six-week, 5,000-mile cross-country bike ride, while sharing conversations with people across the country whose lives had also been irrevocably changed by cancer.

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CRC prevention educator, researcher, and advocate Martha Raymond shares how the pain of losing both her parents to colon cancer at a young age sparked her lifelong purpose of serving people struggling with gastrointestinal cancer. 

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EAO colon cancer survivor, professor, and master storyteller Nicole Breazeale tells her cancer fight story publicly for the first time. One of our most powerful survivor stories to date, Nicole opens up about her journey walking through her spouse’s cancer and later her own diagnosis, all while caring for her infant son.

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CLD (Community Leadership and Development) Department, University of Kentucky 

What does a national agenda for cancer prevention mean for real, small-town communities across America? Today Andrea Dwyer, the Director of the Colorado Cancer Screening Program, shares how her love for small-town communities inspires her integrative approach to colon cancer prevention on the national-level. Listen in!

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Colorado Cancer Screening Program 

Fight CRC

National Colorectal Cancer Round Table

Can you say single-nucleotide polymorphism? Meet Dr. Sonia Kupfer, Gastroenterologist from the University of Chicago Medicine. Today Dr. Kupfer explains what our DNA can show us about our risk for colorectal cancer and how genetic testing will be key in the future of cancer prevention.

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YouTuber Jelena Tompkins shares how social media helped her find and grow a support system for cancer survivors after she was diagnosed with Stage III colorectal cancer at age 34. Tune in as Whitney and Jelena get real about treatment, ostomies, and early-age onset cancer.

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Dr. Richard Wender, Chair of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable, is here to help us kick off Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Hear how Rich’s passion for being a family doctor inspired his relational approach to leadership, colon cancer awareness, and preventative care at the national level.

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Black Americans are 20% more likely than white Americans to receive a colorectal cancer diagnosis in their lifetime and are 40% more likely to die from it. Today Dr. Fola May from UCLA teaches us how recognizing and addressing disparities in our healthcare system is critical in our work to make colon cancer screening accessible for everyone.

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